December 13, 2015 – Professor Hiroshi Motomura was quoted in the Los Angeles Times,Chicago Tribune and other news outlets, saying that if presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to ban the immigration of Muslims into the U.S. were to become law, the courts may strike it down.

"If a restriction on Muslims were to become law, it would not surprise me to see the courts strike it down as irrational -- and probably because it sweeps too broadly," said Professor Motomura.